Buguruslan (russian: Бугурусла́н) is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
Orenburg Oblast
Orenburg Oblast (russian: Оренбургская область, ''Orenburgskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Orenburg. From 1938 to 1957, it bore the name ''Chkalov Oblast'' () ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
. Population:
History
It was founded in 1748.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Buguruslan serves as the
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
of
Buguruslansky District
Buguruslansky District (russian: Бугурусла́нский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #1370/276-IV-OZ and municipalLaw #2367/495-IV-OZ district ( raion), one of the thirty-five in Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It is located in the nort ...
,
even though it is not a part of it.
As an administrative division, it is, together with six
rural localities, incorporated separately as the
Town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of Buguruslan
[Law #1370/276-IV-OZ]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
. As a
municipal division, the Town of Buguruslan is incorporated as Buguruslan Urban Okrug.
[Law #2367/495-IV-OZ]
File:Postkarte Buguruslan.jpg, Buguruslan in the beginning of the 20th century
File:Orenburg oblast Buguruslan Mosque.jpg, Buguruslan mosque
References
Citations
General sources
*
*
*
External links
Official website of BuguruslanBuguruslan Business Directory
{{Authority control
Cities and towns in Orenburg Oblast
Buguruslansky Uyezd